Wakasa X Reader

     You're walking home, from what you'd call a particularly boring day at school, with your friend Tatsumi. Well you're not really walking home, you're walking over to his house. I know, I know, it could be way more exciting. But you're a boring person and so is Tatsumi, so you two get along rather well. He speaks up, looking over at you, "So um, this is kind of a weird thing to ask, but could you not go into my washroom? It's a huge mess right now."

     You blink before replying. "Uh sure, not a problem!" Could it really be that bad? Whatever, you aren't going to let it trouble you, you have more important things to worry about. Like helping Tatsumi raise his grade in History. Of course that's your reason for going over, to help him study for history. At the moment he's barely straddling the passing line and he came to you for help, knowing you to be a history buff, or well, an avid crammer.

     The two of you arrive at his house a few moments later. You both take your shoes off in the entryway, he then leads you to the living room. You plop down on his couch and rifle through your backpack for your study materials, he stands up and walks to a doorway, saying "You go ahead and set up in here, I'm going to get some snacks." After that he turns and walks through the door and probably to the kitchen. After acquiring the aforementioned handy-dandy study materials, including the hit history textbook "History: A brief History" and some of your notes that may or may not be titled "They're dead, get over it", you place them neatly on the coffee table in front of you bringing your initial setting up phase to an end.

     You then sit on the couch waiting for Tatsumi to return, your curiosity about the state of his washroom grows more and more, having been piqued by his request for you to not go in there. Before you can really stop yourself you're wandering about his house, taking peeks into each room, trying to find the washroom. It's probably just a little messy you figure, nothing too interesting, but still, the devil on your shoulder keeps telling you to find out what this is.

     Before long, you find it; since it's not a particularly big house by any means. You slowly crack open the door and stop dead in the doorway. Someone's in the bath and they have really long blond hair. As you desperately turn away in embarrassment, you catch a glimpse of a light blue glimmering... Tail?? You sneak another glance to see a face peering out from over the edge of the bathtub, blonde hair half obscuring his eyes. Yes, that's a he, and that's his TAIL flipping about agitatedly behind him. What the hell. You gasp startledly and take a step or two back, your eyes widening in disbelief.

     The thing you assume is a 'merman' looks at you nervously, giving you a silent shushing gesture. Well obviously you should probably tell Tatsumi about this, though he probably knows, or at least ask what the heck is going on with his personal life. You aren't exactly sure that E-Harmony has a section for mermen or monster boys...So you have no idea how Tatsumi could have met such an interesting...person? Fish? Thing?

     You take an uncertain step forward, quietly stammering out a question. "A-are you a... Merman?" You quickly realize you asked a pretty stupid question, it's kind of obvious...One half person and one half fish equals one (in this case attractive) merman.

     Before he has a chance to answer you, Tatsumi bursts into the room and notices you awkwardly gawking at his fishy friend. "Shit I should've kept a better eye on you, (Your name)..." Tatsumi sighs and slumps over a little, "I didn't need another person finding out.."

     You turn between Tatsumi and the merman, staring at them both. After a few seconds of that, you manage to question Tatsumi, "You have a merman in your tub? What, why?" You trail off and nervously inch closer to the merman, wanting to get a closer look at him since, well, you didn't think they were ACTUALLY real. On a totally unrelated note, you've never been so happy to be wrong, Mr.Merman was pretty cute after all.

     "Speaking of (Your Name) finding out, Wakasa were you being loud?" Tatsumi glares at the merman (in his tub), who's apparently named 'Wakasa'. Wakasa splashes about nervously and avoids his gaze.

     "W-well no! But she found me anyway..." Wakasa looks away, a disappointed look on his face. "Now I don't get any cake, huh Tatsumi.." Wakasa crosses his arms on the edge of the tub, laying his head in them despondently.

     "We'll talk about that later, anyways, (Your name) please keep this a secret there's really nothing we can do about it, and I really don't want Wakasa to get taken to some lab or something." Tatsumi asks you. Of course it's a no-brainer, you're not going to tell anyone, this merman is pretty cute and you'd like to befriend him. Plus you'd feel pretty guilty if he got taken to a lab and was dissected because of you.

     You raise your eyebrows curiously "So uh.." You pause awkwardly, trying to phrase your next sentence carefully, "are you two...you know...together or something?"

     Tatsumi sighs and bluntly responds "No, he's basically just a freeloader."

     "How did you two meet exactly?" You fire off your next question, still looking at Wakasa. He was quite handsome actually. His long blond hair looks silky and luxurious, his body is toned and somewhat muscular, and his adorable face gazes back at you curiously while he splashes the water absently with his tail.

     "Well the river I was swimming in was absolutely filthy, so I was trying to find somewhere else to swim. But I can't move around outside of water too well and I ended up getting stuck on the riverbank. I thought I was going to die there, but Tatsumi saw me and carried me to his house. I've lived here ever since. In this tub." Wakasa gestures to the tub he's sitting in and smiles at you happily. You quietly 'awwe' at his story. Mostly because he's just so cheerful and cute, and also because now you have proof that Tatsumi has a heart.

     "Well, not to ruin this beautiful revelation you're having (Your Name), but I'm still failing History. Come help me study please." a somewhat flustered Tatsumi heads for the door.

     "Oh yeah, jeez! I'm sorry Tasumi! I totally forgot, not that I think you can really blame me." You rub your neck nervously and chuckle, finally tearing your gaze off Wakasa for a moment. You can still hardly believe that one of your friendquaintances has a freaking merman just living in his tub, but hey, you learn something new everyday. You wave goodbye to Wakasa and follow Tatsumi back into the living room. You sit back down on his couch and get started with helping Tatsumi study, like he requested.

     As you're studying with Tatsumi you can't help but think of a way to ask if him you can come back and see Wakasa again. After a bit more silent pondering you finally come up with something that you think just may work. You nervously stammer out "So, Tatsumi, we should have study sessions together a few days out of the week so I can make sure you're really understanding the material. And uhh so I can make sure you're developing good study habits..."

     Tatsumi looks up from his history book for a second before as small smile creeps over his face. "So you can come back and see Wakasa?" He replies, sensing your motive with frightening accuracy, watching you squirm for a bit.

     "W-well, that IS part of the reson. But I figured I could also help you study more, kinda like a win-win situation.." You pick up your own text book and bury your face in it, to hide the slight blush that's appearing on your face. You're embarrassed that he found you out, and so quickly at that. You decide to work on improving your 'believable excuses skill' when you get home.

     Tatsumi laughs for a second before responding to you, "Sure, you can come back over to help me study, and yes you can see Wakasa." He pauses, "How about... the day after tomorrow? I'm sure he'll be excited to have the company, he basically needs constant attention."

     You manage to stammer out a few words, "R-really? Thank you!" happily smiling at Tatsumi who nods in return.

     Tatsumi turns his head and looks out his window, "Anyways, not to be rude but it's getting dark, you should probably head home soon." He looks back at you and hands you your textbook.

     "Oh yeah huh? Thanks for the reminder." you take your book back from him and gather your other study materials, swiftly putting them into your backpack. You stand up and Tatsumi walks you over to the door, after putting on your shoes he offers to walk you home, to which you politely decline "Oh it's fine, I don't live too far from here! Plus you should probably start cooking your dinner huh?"

     "Alright, if you're sure then, I'll see you later (Your name)." Tatsumi promptly shuts the door behind you as you walk out of his house.